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Acknowledgements<br />
I will always be grateful to my supervisor Peter Bauer-Gottwein <strong>for</strong> being a<br />
great source <strong>of</strong> inspiration and encouragement, and <strong>for</strong> his dedication.<br />
Thanks are due to Karsten Arnbjerg-Nielsen and Henrik Madsen <strong>for</strong> their<br />
good ideas and meticulous comments; and to Roar Jensen and Niels Riegels<br />
<strong>for</strong> their interesting discussion on hydro-economics.<br />
My research stay in Trondheim was extremely fruitful. I would like to thank<br />
Ivar Wangensteen <strong>for</strong> making it possible and Birger Mo <strong>for</strong> his advice in the<br />
implementation <strong>of</strong> optimization methods. I am very grateful to Anders<br />
Gjelsvik, who kindly took all the time necessary <strong>for</strong> me to understand SDDP.<br />
Financial support from DHI and the International Research School <strong>of</strong> Water<br />
Resources (FIVA) is gratefully acknowledged.<br />
Long hours at the University were livened up by all the great people passing<br />
through here: my <strong>of</strong>ficemates Claire, Claus and Niels; our neighbors Julie,<br />
Ida and Sanne; and all the others who left or are about to leave: Ana, Masu,<br />
Nanna, Julie, Flavio, Valerie, Laure, Aaron, et al. And thank you to my<br />
friends in Denmark; life is wonderful when you have real friends.<br />
Thank you to Blanca <strong>for</strong> her love and support; and to my brothers, Alfredo<br />
and Lenin, <strong>for</strong> always being there <strong>for</strong> me. Thank you to my parents Gloria<br />
and Ricardo, <strong>for</strong> their infinite love and inspiration.<br />
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